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Sumptuary laws (from
Latin sūmptuāriae lēgēs) are laws that try to
regulate consumption. Black's Law
Dictionary defines them as "Laws made for the purpose...
- A sin tax (also
known as a
sumptuary tax, or vice tax) is an
excise tax
specifically levied on
certain goods deemed harmful to
society and individuals...
- in
exile Amir
Taheri alleging that the
Iranian parliament had p****ed a
sumptuary law
mandating a
national dress code for all Iranians,
Muslim and non-Muslim...
- this century,
although the hat
seems to have been much more
widely worn.
Sumptuary laws
covering prostitutes were
introduced (following
Ancient Roman precedent)...
- In particular,
sumptuary laws in the
royal capital were
exceedingly strict and the most
elaborate in character. For instance,
sumptuary laws
forbade ordinary...
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during his term as praetor,
showed his
usual a****en in
breaking his own
sumptuary laws to give the most
lavish munus yet seen in Rome, for the
funeral of...
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garments often were worn as
normal daily clothing by men. In some cultures,
sumptuary laws
regulate what men and
women are
required to wear.
Islam requires...
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wealth of the
merchant classes, the
Tokugawa shogunate issued a
number of
sumptuary laws on
kimono for the
lower classes,
prohibiting the use of
purple or...
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fabrications in his writings, the most
notable of
which was the 2006
Iranian sumptuary law controversy.
Shaul Bakhash, a
historian in
Mideast history at George...
- manufacturers; the
banishing of idleness; the
repressing of
waste and
excess by
sumptuary laws; the
improvement and
husbanding of the soil; the
regulation of prices...
